Using blogs in the classroom

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Blogging in the classroom for students and teachers
Thursday: April 26th, 2012

  1. What is a blog?

    1. Also known as a weblog: a personal journal with entries published on the World Wide Web.
    2. http://www.commoncraft.com/video/blogs

  2. How can you use a blog with students?

    1. Great ideas- http://web20intheclassroom.blogspot.com/2008/10/ways-to-use-blogs-in-your-classroom-and.html
    2. Some examples of using blogs with students for writing and sharing ideas:
      1. CORE blog: http://gr8211writers.edublogs.org/
      2. Poetry blog: http://gr8211poets.edublogs.org/
    3. Great examples of using blogs with students for lessons and daily use:
      1. Ms. Esposito's CORE Blog: http://msespo.edublogs.org/
      2. Mrs. Gehle's Social Studies Blog: http://gehlehistory.edublogs.org/

  3. How can a blog help with your own professional development?

    1. Here’s a fun blog written by an anonymous teacher and her day to day experiences in an elementary school. Funny stories that we can all relate to. http://regurgitatedalphabits.blogspot.com/
    2. Blogging about the Web2.0 classroom: http://blog.web20classroom.org/2012/04/some-handy-tools-for-youtube.html
    3. Edudemic: http://edudemic.com/2011/11/best-web-tools/
    4. Edutopia: http://www.edutopia.org/blogs
    5. Tech, Tools, and tips for teachers: http://www.goedonline.com/index.php?route=blog/category/home
    6. Picture This! Teaching with Picture Books http://teachingwithpicturebooks.wordpress.com/
    7. A Year of Reading: http://readingyear.blogspot.com/
    8. The Book Maven’s Haven: http://thebookmavenshaven.blogspot.com/
    9. Great Kid Books: http://greatkidbooks.blogspot.com/
    10. Welcome to my Tweendom, a blog about books for tweens: http://tweendom.blogspot.com/
    11. Great Math ideas and lead to other blogs: http://ispeakmath.wordpress.com/
    12. Another great math site: http://tothesquareinch.wordpress.com/
    13. This blog won edublogawards.com “Best Class Blog” award: Billings BETA Technology with Intention http://www.billingsmiddleschool.org/beta/
    14. Steve Spangler’s Science site: http://www.stevespangler.com/tag/elementary-science/
    15. Top 50 Blogs by Elementary E.D.U.: http://mastersinelementaryeducation.org/2010/top-50-blogs-by-elementary-educators/

  4. Where can I go to start my own blog?

*All of these are free and easy to use.
  1. Tumblr.com
  2. Blogger: Google’s blog feature
  3. Blogster
  4. Edublogs
  5. WordPress